The friendship of two men becomes tested when they both fall for the same woman.
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Jan Sverák
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ondrej Vetchý | ... | Frantisek Sláma | |
| Krystof Hádek | ... | Karel Vojtisek | |
| Tara Fitzgerald | ... | Susan Whitmore | |
| Charles Dance | ... | Wing Commander Bentley | |
| Oldrich Kaiser | ... | Jan Machatý | |
| David Novotný | ... | Bedrich Mrtvý | |
| Linda Rybová | ... | Hanicka Pecharova | |
| Jaromír Dulava | ... | Railwayman Kanka | |
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Lukás Kantor | ... | Tom Tom |
| Radim Fiala | ... | Jura Sysel | |
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Juraj Bernáth | ... | Jan Gregora |
| Miroslav Táborský | ... | Vilha Houf | |
| Hans-Jörg Assmann | ... | Doctor Blaschke | |
| Thure Riefenstein | ... | German Officer Hesse | |
| Anna Massey | ... | English Teacher | |
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March 15, 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Czech and Slovak pilots flee to England, joining the RAF. After the war, back home, they are put in labor camps, suspected of anti-Communist ideas. This film cuts between a post-war camp where Franta is a prisoner and England during the war, where Franta is like a big brother to Karel, a very young pilot. On maneuvers, Karel crash lands by the rural home of Susan, an English woman whose husband is MIA. She spends one night with Karel, and he thinks he's found the love of his life. It's complicated by Susan's attraction to Franta. How will the three handle innocence, Eros, friendship, and the heat of battle? When war ends, what then? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Release Date:
17 May 2001 (Czech Republic) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$19,541, 30 December 2001Gross USA:
$258,771Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,381,183Company Credits
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Franti?ek Sláma: We lost one plane.
[a Spitfire explodes on the airport in the background]
Commander Bentley: Two planes.
Franti?ek Sláma: We were ambushed by Messerschmitts.
Commander Bentley: Caught you by surprise, didn't they. This is an air war, Sir! What did you expect to find there, flies?
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Czech Republic's official submission to 74th Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2002. See more »Goofs
The Czech RAF sergeants are often saluted and addressed as "sir". See more »Quotes
[after a failed operation]Franti?ek Sláma: We lost one plane.
[a Spitfire explodes on the airport in the background]
Commander Bentley: Two planes.
Franti?ek Sláma: We were ambushed by Messerschmitts.
Commander Bentley: Caught you by surprise, didn't they. This is an air war, Sir! What did you expect to find there, flies?
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What a movie! It is worth watching just for the images of Spitfires flying low over the verdant hills of England, but moreso for the marvellous story of a man who loses everything for his beliefs. From the outset you can identify with the characters as they live life to the full, love and laugh, and then watch it all taken away from them by the Nazi invasion of their homeland. Their frustrations as the British insist upon continued training while they feel they are ready for battle from the outset becomes obvious. When they finally do go into battle their numbers are gradually reduced and their relationships become strained, not only due to the pressures of war but also to jealousies that come to the fore over a woman that none of them can ever have. When the war is finally over the hero makes it home to find everything has changed forever. His friends have all been lost, his girl married and even his dog taken from him. The ironic theme of the movie is that it is told from the perspective of a political prisoner who has lost it all by simply doing what everyone thought was right. The way the Nazi doctor proclaims his righteousness to the downtrodden Czech is a classical piece of perverted hypocrisy. A must see movie, not only about flying and adventure, but also about the indomitable human spirit.